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Pakistan should draw the right lesson from the carnage of yesterday's blast at the Indian embassy in Kabul
It's not risk-free but it must be done: talk to them
Pashtun secularists in Pakistan's northwest begin negotiations with Islamists, including the Taliban
Experts and practitioners meet to explore a range of responses to terrorism
The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count
A guide through the fall-out of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Why the Afghan insurgents are reaching out beyond their heartlands 
Fighting radicalism by regulating mosques is a problematic strategy

Uttar Pradesh bombs and West Bengal protest expose a polity's failures

What's in store for Pakistan? Anatol Lieven forecasts. Listen now
Dialogue and understanding are the sharpest weapons in fighting terrorism, according to a Commonwealth study
By resisting the wall, Palestinians defend their right to politics
A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a wider lesson
The EU's counter-terror strategy is lost in cyberspace
Pervez Musharraf's game is power and survival. How long can it last? (archive)
A conference in Washington suggests the US policy establishment is opening itself more to the world

The debate about Muslims and the west must connect ideas to living realities

Geopolitics will make needed negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban impossible
The battle of ideas requires policies and serious dialogue, not just rhetoric
In a fragmented political landscape, peace is a long way off in the southern Philippines
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